51 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

Also, that pool scene was straight out of every TV show of the 70's/80's- the camera always panned to a guy doing a fancy dive right on cue. However, they missed out on the boobalicous bikini babes tossing an inflatable beach bool to each other and bouncing in time.

48 years ago tomorrow.....

Why didn't David Jacobs just make Lucy J.R.'s daughter (either by Sue Ellen, or by a previous wife)? Why make her the product of two people (Gary and Val) who were off-screen most of the time (before they got their own show)? It's not as if they ever made much of Lucy's ties to Gary and Val anyway.

14 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

48 years ago tomorrow.....

Victoria was stunning. I wish she had kept her long hair from these early days. Her hairstyles started getting worse as the years progressed.

13 minutes ago, Khan said:

Why didn't David Jacobs just make Lucy J.R.'s daughter (either by Sue Ellen, or by a previous wife)? Why make her the product of two people (Gary and Val) who were off-screen most of the time (before they got their own show)? It's not as if they ever made much of Lucy's ties to Gary and Val anyway.

I agree. Gary & Val pretty much forgot her after moving to KL. Instead of Jock having a previous wife in a mental hospital, it should have been J.R. They could have said Lucy's mother was dead for years until Lucy discovers the truth and finds her. That's when Barbara Eden should have come in to play the first Mrs. Ewing.

Looking back on the Dallas premiere Sun April 2 1978

It replaced The Carol Burnett Show Sun @10.

CBS 60 Minutes @7 Rhoda @8 On Our Own @8.30 All in the Family @9 Alice @9.30 Dallas @10

ABC Young Pioneers 2hr Debut @7 Movie High Plains Drifter @9 (Clint Eastwood)

NBC Disney Barefoot Executive @ 7 Project UFO @8 Movie Love's Dark Ride @9 (Cliff Potts, Carrie Snodgrass)

Dallas S1 E1 Diggers Daughter ranked 18th of 65 shows with a 21.5/37 .

That was the best rated new CBS series debuting at that time beating Incredible Hulk, Sam, Husbands, Wives and Lovers.

Tina Louise was there in the first couple of episodes and had they decided to keep Julie in the mix might have finally shed the Ginger from Gilligan's Island tag, becoming one of the stars of Dallas when it became a smash hit.

Although knowing Tina she might have refused to be a part of any reunions claiming the show had been pitched to her as 'Julie in Dallas' with her as the lead!

8 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Tina Louise was there in the first couple of episodes and had they decided to keep Julie in the mix might have finally shed the Ginger from Gilligan's Island tag, becoming one of the stars of Dallas when it became a smash hit.

Although knowing Tina she might have refused to be a part of any reunions claiming the show had been pitched to her as 'Julie in Dallas' with her as the lead!

Tina returned briefly in season 2 and Julie was killed off. She's never spoken of the show that I can find, but I guess they just treated it as a gig and Julie as just another of the many women (I guess the first of those women) to be a corpse for Cliff and JR. I do remember liking her work in the role.